Organizing for Reproductive Rights and Justice in Abortion-Restrictive States
Applications for Fall 2024 are closed for this project.
This project will focus on social movement activity, and analyze the legal strategies, tactical choices, and coalition building involved in rebuilding reproductive rights and attacking structural sources of reproductive inequality (including inequality on the basis of race, socioeconomic status, and immigration status) in abortion restrictive states. The primary focus of the research is in Missouri (St. Louis and Kansas City), with secondary focus on Texas, Ohio, and Kansas.
Role: URAP students will 1) perform AI assisted transcription and 2) analyze audiofiles of interviews of organizational leaders; they will also 3) conduct specific research projects on specific campaign, state history, parallel movements in other states and more, as needed.
One or more of the URAP students will focus on a second task: providing social media content for the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice (CRRJ) at the Law School. CRRJ brings together organizers, advocates, scholars, and students; it focuses primarily on reproductive justice issues, which involve group based inequalities in the field of reproduction broadly defined. CRRJ's current focus is on state criminalization of pregnancy, and intervention in families of color through the family regulation system. The social media work will involve publicizing the Center's work, lifting up research and content from scholars and partner organizations, and related tasks.
Qualifications: Desirable but not essential: some exposure to any of the following topics: reproductive rights, social determinants of health disparities, social movement theory, feminist or critical race theory. Experience in social movement organizations or non-profits focused on gender or racial justice, or other forms of inequality.
Required: research skills and experience; interest in studying social movements that aim to influence the law, and in reproductive rights and justice; ability to identify conceptual themes in personal and institutional narratives.
The student interested in doing social media work for CRRJ should have some experience with creating or curating content for professional or organizational social media platforms.
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: We will meet on campus as possible, and otherwise through zoom. Virtually all of the work itself can be conducted remotely.
Social Sciences